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Sean Carroll Episode Decoding Material

The next Decoding episode target is Sean Carroll and Matt has suggested a solo episode he did on AI.

Sean Carroll was Matt's suggestion partly because Sean might serve as a 'good' version of ...

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DTG Reflections 2024

By our nature, we are somewhat allergic to sincere self-reflecting but since we had the rare opportunity to meet face to face and were in a rather inspiring setting, we thought what the hell!

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DTG Reflections - 2024

By our nature, we are somewhat allergic to sincere self-reflecting but since we had the rare opportunity to meet face to face and were in a rather inspiring setting, we thought what the hell! ...

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A very special advertisement...

We have coming up a variety of content recorded in a peaceful Japanese ryokan, where we did indeed engage in outdoor forest bathing (soaking in all those negative ions).

But while we get that...

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Matt and Chris to meet up in Japan

Hey everyone,

Thought you might enjoy some behind-the-scenes news that Matt and I will be meeting up for the first time in person next week. Matt is over for a family trip to Japan and we are...

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Gurometer: Sam Harris

Sam was decoded but how does he rank on the Gurometer? Join us, clear your mind, and realise the answer was inside you all along.

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Gurometer: Sam Harris

Final DTG content for the year.

Sam Harris gets put into the Gurometer.

Audio version to follow later today.

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DtG End of Year Hangout

Hey everyone,

The end of 2023 looms and we've had a final burst of content.

We have plans for 2024, including an in person meetup in Japan.

If you'd like to come chat to us about ...

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Sam Harris: Transcending it all?

Here is an advance release of a forthcoming Decoding on one Sam Harris. A polarising figure with fans and detractors, see how he fares when entered under the Guru microscope. Also featuring Chris W...

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Mini-Huberman Decoding

We are back again with a mini-decoding of a segment from Huberman's recently released episode on "The Causes & Treatments for Autism" with Dr. Karen Parker. In particular we are interested in t...

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The DTG Christmas Quiz 2023 with Helen Lewis

Here we are with what is fast becoming the most popular annual tradition within the DTG ritual calendar... the annual Guru quiz with quizmaster extraordinaire, Helen Lewis. We also spend some time ...

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Decoding the Gurus Christmas Quiz w/ Helen Lewis

As we approach the end of the year we are engaging in our favourite DtG tradition: having a chat with Helen and taking her entertaining Guru quiz.

Who is the Decoding champion this year? Matt...

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Decoding Academia 24: The Illusion of Moral Decline?

In this bonus episode of Decoding Academia, we take a look at a recent paper 'The Illusion of Moral Decline' by Adam Mastroianni and Daniel Gilbert. They examine if Moral Decline really is an illus...

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Next Decoding Source Material: Sam Harris

Yes that's right it's time.

A full length Decoding of Sam Harris based on an interview conducted by Chris Williamson.

I think this interview does a good job of highlighting the duality ...

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Gurometer: Red Scare

We hope back on the horror train to try and quantify just how little enjoyment we extracted from the Red Scare podcast... then we focus on the Gurometer and see how Anna and Dasha score. Spoiler......

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Gurometer: Red Scare (Video)

A new Gurometer episode on everyone's favourite Red Scare hosts. Also featuring... waffle about a nootropic drink, discussion about whether Chris is the bad one, next guru and all the usual Guromet...

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Red Scare (Advance Release)

In today's joyous episode, we dive into the neurodiverse, postmodern hipsterism, and ironic trad conservatism of the popular 'Red Scare' podcast featuring the avant-garde novelist Tao Lin.  Ge...

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Gurometer: Attia and Huberman

For those of you who like your Gurometer optimised in audio format here you go!

Let's see precisely how many gurograms there are in these two hunky scientists.

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Next Decoding Source Material: Red Scare Podcast

Red Scare was on our to-do list as many people requested we cover them and we like to break up the endless parade of narcissistic middle-aged men.

I do not know if this was the best option fo...

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Next Decoding Academia Source Material

Hi everyone,

For the next Decoding Academia, we are going to look at a pre-replication crisis pa...

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Interview with Chris on Dag Sørås' Debrief Podcast (Audio)

So some people were having issues with ads on the YouTube video version. Others just prefer audio so here is a link to the audio version. 

We discuss a lot of things but gurus and critic...

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Interview with Chris on Dag Sørås's podcast

Hey everyone,

Thought some of you might enjoy this. I recently recorded an extended interview/discussion with the Norwegian Comedian Dag Sørås. He has posted the video up on YouTube and the...

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November Live Hang Out

Imagine almost one week's advance notice on a live hang out!

Galaxy Brain Gurus we look back to optimising our protocols together.

Hope to see some of you there.

If you want to se...

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Gurometer: Huberman & Attia (Video)

We add one more quantifiable metric for our optimiser bros to consider.

Unedited and RAW!

Audio coming shortly...

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Huberman & Attia Episode (Slightly early release)

Hey everyone,

Sorry this one took so long.

Matt and I had deadlines and all the usual academic guff that gets in the way.

The episode will come out on the main feed later today bu...

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Decoding Academia 22: Civic Honesty around the Globe

Hey everyone,

Here is an edited freely available preview of the Decoding Academia content that is usually restricted to those in the $5 tier and above.

We discuss a neat behavioural eco...

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Update on next Decoding episode

Just a quick note to say we are in the process of finishing off an episode we previously planned as a Decoding Academia. We are covering Peter Attia and Andrew Huberman and a recent episode they co...

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Nobel Grievances (DTG Short)

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman were awarded Nobel Prize awards for developing the technology which led to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines. Predictably, this did not go down well with some of...

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Nobel Grievances (Bonus Video)

Hey everyone,

A short discussion before the weekend of the absolutely insane reaction of Robert Malone and Bret Weinstein to the announcement that the Nobel Prize was going to two actual scie...

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Early Release of Julia Ebner episode (with looong outro)

Hi everyone,

We are burrowing into our next decoding but in the meantime here is an interview episode with Julia Ebner.

You may have listened to this a few weeks ago and if so, just...

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